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Manga Review: Mobile Fighter G Gundam
The Gundam series is known for being a truly epic series, spanning the length of many, many anime series. So, would this historic mecha brand do as well in manga form? I think it’s very possible, but unfortunately Mobile Fighter G Gundam slightly misses the mark with one potentially fatal flaw.
In the universe of G Gundam, Earth has become an almost uninhabitable battlefield and people now mostly live in space colonies. In order to keep peace, every four years there is a tournament held, where each country picks one Gundam fighter to represent them and fight. The winning country then gets to rule over the other space colonies and Earth until the next tournament comes around.
The main character, Domon, is the fighter for Neo-Japan. He isn’t fighting for the pride of his country, however; the government is holding his father in a cryogenic sleep for a crime he didn’t commit, and so Domon is using the Gundam fights to hunt down the man truly responsible while fighting to win the tournament and his father’s freedom. The story is about his quest for the truth and the government conspiracies that are uncovered along the way.
If you have heard of G Gundam before reading this review, you probably know it best for being a very eccentric story, to say the least. Each Gundam is based off a fairly blatant stereotype of its home country, which can make it hard to take the story seriously at times (Don’t believe me? Go check out Neo-Holland’s Windmill Gundam or Neo-Mexico’s Tequila Gundam!). It doesn’t help that the ending is pretty cheesy for a Gundam story (It’s still very satisfying, though!).
